The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IoM3) has announced the Starpack Schools & Students Competition 2025, giving students and early career professionals an early introduction to a diverse global industry that many of us take for granted. The competition is also a great opportunity for the students to showcase their great ideas and solutions directly to an industry looking for rising stars.
Biffa are sponsoring the Schools competition. There is also a competition for individual students to enter. See the two tabs on this link:
Starpack Schools is a competition for learners aged 11 to 17 that has been designed to:
encourage young people to consider the important role played by packaging and materials
promote careers in the packaging industry as exciting, challenging and rewarding.
The 2025 Starpack Schools Competition has separate categories for years 7 & 8, 9 & 10 and year 12 and the submission requirements vary for each category to differentiate between the learning level of the students.
The 2025 Starpack Schools Competition has been designed to link closely to the Design & Technology curriculum and give learners an opportunity to develop their research and design skills, and knowledge of materials.
The competition entry portal opens on 13th January 2025.